McGinn's responses are all about McGinn. He is so done. The others' responses are all about systems and institutions. Except for Hasegawa's. His responses are all about people.

Heidi, the more you try and trash her, the more excited I get about giving her my vote. Keep it up; I assure you I'm not alone.

I'm of the working poor; Durkan does not have my back.

Nikkita did not seek a CASE endorsement. I respect that.

Bob Hasegawa is the only candidate whose questionnaire answers provide a comprehensive vision for the city based on human needs, as opposed to institutional priorities. The municipal bank, alone among all the candidates' stated programs, has the potential to get to the heart of the overriding issue that has poisoned our political, social, and economic systems -- the corrupting influence of big money. Bob will have my vote and my full support.

Stann @1 and gripe @5, I have to give both of you credit. Not only are you both Bob Hasegawa supporters, but you both like to describe to supporters of things like Sound Transit 3 as living in "bubbles."

Stann on his favorite candidate comparing light rail to dog poop:

Do you people in your little urbanist bubbles imagine for even a second that (1) transit is the sole determining issue in this election,...

I also love this line from that same comment:

The urbanist al-Qaeda around here and the our-way-or-the-highway yuppie transit bros don't like him

Gripe in a comment on how "Denmark's Largest City Is Winning the War on Cars:"

Whatever you do, at whatever cost, be sure that the little bubble you live in is never, ever threatened.

Considering that voters in this city voted overwhelmingly in favor of ST3, it sure seems like the bubble you refer to is the Seattle city limits. Sure, I acknowledge that Seattleites are out of touch with "the real America" out there, but by the same token, it looks like you and your guy Bob Hasegawa are out of touch with us.

Durkin's responses are all about Durkin.

You can see on page 0 and again on page 0 where she repeats herself.

It's very Theresa May.

@6: Bob has voted for every transit measure that has been on the ballot. Just because he doesn't support transit on YOUR terms doesn't make him "anti-transit," as STB would have us believe.

gripe @8, so now you and your alter ego "Stann" are running away from your bitter opposition to mass transit? Why be so ashamed of your deeply held beliefs? Or do you think that those of us in the Seattle urbanist Taliban are so deeply ensconced in our bubble that you're going to be able to fool us into believing Bob Hasegawa is going to be a champion for transit once he's mayor?

I think you should be proud of Bob's views, like that one about ST3: “I think that vote was rigged”. I mean, those are exactly the views that make you such a fervent supporter of his.

@9: MY "bitter opposition to mass transit?" You're a fucking liar.

When the Legislature was presented with a $15 billion price tag for ST3, and then it ballooned to $57 billion (engineered to collect sufficient Pierce and Snohomish County votes), Sen. Bob Hasegawa objected to the bait-and-switch. He called it "rigged," but has since apologized for his inartful choice of phrase. His objection was to the changed project representation by the ST leadership, not to transit. To claim a 30-year Teamsters organizer is anti-transit is absurd and a smear.

Sarajane @11, based on your attempt to describe Bob Hasegawa as a friend of transit, all I can say is, with friends like that, who needs enemies? And when you're saying things like "When the Legislature was presented with a $15 billion price tag for ST3, and then it ballooned to $57 billion," you yourself are using the language of last year's anti-ST3 campaign.

From the same Seattle Transit Blog post:

Sen. Hasegawa has a long history of messing with Sound Transit, either reorganizing a successful agency or directing it to spend money on car storage for non-riders rather than transit. Nevertheless, for a Mayoral candidate to come out against a package that passed by 39 points (!) in the City of Seattle*, and promises traffic-free, zero-emission mobility to Ballard, West Seattle, South Lake Union, and a few other neighborhoods is… notable.

I suggest people follow the links in that paragraph, or the rest of the story.

Among those of us in the urbanist al Quaeda, as your friend gripe/Spann called us, we're not exactly looking at your guy Bob and saying, "Wow, now there's somebody who's going to be a champion of transit once he's mayor." We're looking at him and saying, "Here's a guy who believes there's a 'war on cars' and is going to stick it to transit every chance he gets."

And where do we get what you would describe as a misconception or your friend Spann/gripe would describe as a lie? Well, straight from Rep. Hasegawa himself.